The Pagan Christ
by Tom Harpur · first published 2004
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"For forty years, scholar and religious commentator Tom Harpur has challenged church orthodoxy and guided thousands of readers on subjects as controversial as the true nature of Christ and life after death. Now, in his most radical and groundbreaking work, Harpur digs deep into the origins of Christianity." "Long before the advent of Jesus Christ, the Egyptians and other peoples believed in the coming of a messiah, a virgin birth, a madonna and her child, and the incarnation of the spirit in flesh. While the early Christian church accepted these ancient truths as the very basis of Christianity
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For an alternate take, read Pagan Christ by Thomas Harpur ([1]), a former Anglican (Episcopalian for yanks here) priest who began to have doubts based on his own scholarly research and eventually came to the conclusion that never was such a…
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